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+# libct
+A fast approximate primal-dual solver for tracking-by-assignment cell-tracking problems. For running assue the [Gurobi](https://www.gurobi.com/) is installed. Meson is required for building (can be easily installed via pip). Afterwards:
+
+> ./setup-dev-env
+
+installs in a temporary directory and opens up a shell. To run cell-tracking run:
+
+> python bin/ct <INPUT_FILE>
+
+Where the INPUT_FILE is a cell tracking instance.